http://canadafreepress.com CanadaFreePress.Com - Toronto, Canada en-us Canada Free Press Copyright 2008 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17074 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17074#When:13:14:52Z BAGHDAD — “It’s a sorority for charity; the money spent helps more than 400 local widows,” said Selma el-Taai, president of the Daughters of Iraq Mahmudiyah chapter.  Handmade rugs of all types and colors, jewelry, prayer beads, handbags, decorative tea sets, scarves, head coverings, oil paintings of modern and historic Iraq, traditional garb, plaques and other items were for sale. “It shows our ability as artists, painters and tailors,” said Fasion, an artist from Baghdad. “We can earn a living and show the Iraqi people what we can do.” Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:52 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17064 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17064#When:11:21:32Z - Maritza Velazquez, Staff Writer When they died, they may not have had a home. But at their funeral, they did have a family. Military Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:21:32 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17059 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17059#When:04:21:26Z BEIJING, /Christian Newswire/—At 7:40 AM (Beijing time) on Nov. 19, Jiang Tianyong and his wife attempted to leave their home to take their daughter to school, when they were barred from leaving the apartment building by Public Security Bureau officers assembled at the gate. China Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:21:26 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17044 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17044#When:18:01:26Z Declarations of virtual Palestinian statehood by asking the UN and international community for diplomatic recognition are a blunt way of avoiding the requirements for statehood. According to the Montevideo Convention this includes: “(a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other state … The primary interest of states is the conservation of peace.” Middle East Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:01:26 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17042 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17042#When:17:32:27Z A Laos native was given the Oath of Allegiance from the same man who granted her and her family residency in the U.S. more than 20 years ago.  Spc. Veha Vaene, 3rd Bn, 82nd CAB, was among 134 U.S. service members who took the oath of citizenship led by Robert Looney, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services district director, Bangkok district, Thailand. Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:32:27 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17028 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17028#When:12:47:45Z Forbes It made headlines last week when federal prosecutors moved to seize assets of the Alavi Foundation, a New York-based nonprofit that is allegedly a front for the U.S.-sanctioned government of Iran. Sidelined in the excitement was another blockbuster aspect of this case: the alleged role of a series of Iranian ambassadors to the UN—including the current envoy, Mohammad Khazaee—in managing the affairs of the Alavi Foundation. United Nations Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:45 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17027 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17027#When:12:21:07Z The veiled threat by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to approach the United Nations (UN) Security Council to seek its consent to the establishment of a new Arab state between Jordan, Israel and Egypt has received the short shrift it deserved from the European Union (EU). Middle East Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:21:07 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17026 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17026#When:05:09:52Z BEIJING, /Christian Newswire/—At 10:13 AM (Beijing time), nearly 200 nervous-looking Public Security officials seized two Chinese human rights lawyers outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, who were trying to establish a meeting with President Obama before the end of his visit to China. China Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:09:52 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17025 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17025#When:05:04:05Z Republican leader Tom Cross finally said something I can agree with. In an editorial in the Daly Herald Cross is quoted as saying that there needs to be time for a state-wide debate about bringing these terrorists here before it happens. “There ought to be a debate. There ought to be a discussion,” said Cross. Terror Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:04:05 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17021 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17021#When:04:42:04Z By Joseph Klein Israel’s United Nations ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, accurately described the Islamic Republic of Iran, in her remarks at Yeshiva University last week, as a “convergence of terrible elements,” including aggressive nuclear ambitions, sponsorship of terrorism, and Holocaust denial. United Nations Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:42:04 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17018 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17018#When:04:22:12Z Last August, PM Salam Fayyad released a Plan to “establish Palestine as an independent, democratic, progressive, and modern Arab state, with full sovereignty over its territory in the West Bank and Gaza, on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.” within two years.  Israel took little notice of it.  Middle East Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:22:12 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17012 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17012#When:01:23:38Z With unemployment up yet again, it must be reassuring to Americans that job-seeking veterans are being helped so much by the government, and by all those Web-based organizations with such names as VetJobs.com, MilitaryHire.com, RecruitMilitary.com, HireVeterans.com, and Military Job Zone. Military Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:23:38 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17008 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17008#When:00:33:02Z I studied the Quran a great deal.  I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammed. -Alexis de Tocqueville At last finding a war they would contemplate fighting, liberals developed one of their most menacingly crackpot fictions:  their insistence that we are engaged in a war against Al Queada, as if it is some independent nation with a flag, uniformed soldiers and a national anthem. War on Terrorism Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:33:02 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16994 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16994#When:13:32:28Z CAMP TAJI — U.S. Airmen with the 721st are educating IqAF members on the proper handling of aircraft weaponry. Their mission is to teach the Iraqis how to safely build, maintain and inspect UH-1H Huey, Mi17 flares, and machine guns in accordance with Iraqi and American regulations. Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:32:28 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16985 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16985#When:10:20:38Z Maybe I’m wrong.  I hope I am. Maybe the trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed in New York won’t paint a big bulls-eye on the city that Al Qaeda hates the most. But, what if it does? Terror Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:20:38 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16993 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16993#When:08:33:02Z - Barry Rubin How do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. You’ve seen reports of a long list of things he did and said along these lines. But what’s most amazing of all is this: Terror Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:33:02 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16980 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16980#When:05:16:17Z Should NALCOR – Newfoundland and Labrador’s Energy Corporation – make an offer to purchase New Brunswick Power? Atlantic Canada Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:16:17 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16961 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16961#When:13:31:43Z GHAZNI PROVINCE - “We wanted to help the locals understand exactly what happened the week prior,” said Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Primus, Ghazni PRT dep. cmdr. “The VMO was turning out to be a really big success until we started receiving fire.  Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:31:43 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16941 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16941#When:20:56:08Z President Obama loves to travel. He cannot wait to descend the steps from Airforce One to the sounds of welcoming bands, honor guards, and awaiting dignitaries. On his whirlwind November 13-19 trip to Asia, however, he is likely to be sternly lectured behind closed doors from Tokyo to Beijing and Seoul. It will come as a surprise to him. China Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:56:08 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16935 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16935#When:16:21:11Z BUFFALO — President Obama’s upcoming visit to China is an opportunity for the U.S. to deepen its Chinese relationship and pursue a more sincere partnership. China Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:21:11 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16927 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16927#When:15:05:35Z KUNAR PROVINCE – TF Lethal civil affairs soldiers from HHC, 2nd Bn, 12th Inf Regt, and members of the U.S. Agency for Int’l Development conducted a meeting to discuss youth-related issues in the province’s Nangalam, Dari Khar, Manogai and Watapur districts. Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:35 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16887 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16887#When:18:01:14Z KIRKUK, Nov. 13, 2009 – The project calls for complete renovation of the library’s electrical system, plumbing and heating plant, as well as installation of an a/c system, and renovation of interior spaces. Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:01:14 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16866 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16866#When:23:34:41Z This is a photo of George W. and Laura Bush, seen with the family of one of the Fort Hood soldiers who was shot by a MUSLIM TERRORIST. The Bushes showed up without an entourage. They drove in from their ranch and met with the hospitalized victims. Military Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:34:41 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16842 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16842#When:03:25:31Z “…In 1992, Ottawa imposed a moratorium on the Northern cod fishery. It resulted in the largest layoff in Canadian history: 30,000 jobs. The latest science says that stock has barely recovered.” – Jeffry Simpson, Globe and Mail, November 13, 2009. Atlantic Canada Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:25:31 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16840 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16840#When:03:15:14Z BAGRAM AIR FIELD – “My name is Major Nimatullah and I’ve been a police officer for 27 years,” explains the Dai Kundi Counter Narcotics police chief with a slight tilt of his head. “For the first 20 years, I worked in criminal investigation, and for the past 7 years, I’ve been working with the counter narcotics unit.” Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:15:14 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16834 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16834#When:21:58:10Z - Bloomberg When Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi spoke at the United Nations in September, he suggested moving the organization from New York to New Delhi or Beijing. Both are excellent suggestions, worth considering. Even more than New York, New Delhi could use the jobs. And basing the UN in Beijing would provide fresh horizons to a UN espionage community surely bored out of its gourd with spying on New York. United Nations Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:58:10 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16795 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16795#When:18:48:10Z By Zvi Magen We have recently been witness to a new US initiative launched by the Obama administration for dialogue with Russia that affects both the bilateral and global levels. Middle East Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:48:10 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16789 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16789#When:14:35:22Z BAGHDAD – An Iraqi firefighter feigns death and lies on the ground inside of a mock building to simulate a smoke-inhalation victim. His teammates, their vision obscured to simulate smoke-blindness, crawl along the ground with oxygen tanks strapped to their backs. Good news: Iraq, Afghanistan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:35:22 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16785 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16785#When:14:07:59Z BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has reached a new low in his attempt to blame the Fort Hood massacre on firearms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Gun Control Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:07:59 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16784 http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16784#When:14:01:24Z The celebrations are now over. Leaders from 28 nations—President Obama sent Hillary Clinton—commemorated the fall of the Berlin wall, which initiated the collapse of the Soviet Union. The fall of the wall was the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the dawn of a new freedom for all humanity - or was it? Europe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:01:24 -0600 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1H1, Canada